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The Goldilocks Planet : the 4 billion year story of Earth's climate /
Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to these changes. In this remark...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Prologue; A Brief Word on Time; 1. Primordial Climate; 2. Earth as a Snowball; 3. Between Greenhouse and Icehouse; 4. The Last Greenhouse World; 5. The Ice Returns; 6. The Last of the Warmth; 7. Into the Icehouse; 8. The Glacial World; 9. Birth and Death of the Holocene; 10. The Anthropocene Begins; Notes; Further reading; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.